HONOR AWARDJACKIE ANSARA LANDSCAPEhttp://www.ansaralandscape.com/The monument of Edward D. Libbey, founder of Libbey Glass, Libbey Owens Ford, and the Toledo Museum of Art, is located in the historical Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Jackie Ansara was commissioned by the Libbey Board of Trustees to create a design that would pay homage to the man that earned Toledo its moniker of the Glass City. The site was on a slight hill and was overgrown and lacked any sort of cohesiveness. Inspired by a fountain at the museum, a glass feature was created with glass pavers set in sand with a bronze border. White annuals enhance rather than detract from the gleaming white marble monument and the glass feature subtly reveals itself.

MERIT AWARDTHE PATTIE GROUP, INC.http://www.pattiegroup.com/Visitors are welcomed to the Stan Hywet PlayGarden by an arched pergola that houses a pipe organ that plays music with a touch of the pergola post. Motion sensors activate bubbles. An old car and bike reference the tire industry that afforded the Sieberling family to build the estate. Locust trees provide shade throughout the layered garden. Artificial grass tucked in plantings and an allee of dogwoods let the entire family play a game of lawn bowling, a favorite family sport of the Sieberlings. This miniature version of the tudor carriage house is loaded with fun features including a climbing wall, rope bridge, twist slide, talking animals and racing marbles.